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The Seattle ERIC Annual Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Clinical Research Methods Summer Session

The Summer Session will not be held in the foreseeable future. We would like to thank those who attended the Summer Sessions in the past.


The Summer Session began in 1999 and was held annually through 2006. The concept originated in Seattle and 6 of the 8 Sessions were hosted by Seattle the University of Washington campus. The Boston and Durham ERICS each hosted the event once. The Summer Sessions were well-attended. The attendance numbers available to the Seattle ERIC are below:

Attendance at the Summer Session By Year
Year
Site
Attendees
1999
Seattle, WA
109
2000
Boston, MA
N/A
2001
Durham, NC
N/A
2002
Seattle, WA
124
2003
Seattle, WA
141
2004

Seattle, WA

151
2005
Seattle, WA
144
2006
Seattle, WA
182

 

Each year there were 9 to 14 courses offer for the week-long event in a Monday through Friday format. Below is a sample of the course titles:

Course Titles From the 2006 Summer Session
Introduction to Epidemiologic Methods
Developing Scientific Research Proposals (Grant Writing)
General Biostatistics
Introduction to Stata®
Introduction to SAS
Logistic Regression Analysis
Multilevel Data Analysis
Longitudinal Data Analysis
Clinical Epidemiology
Principles of Publishing Clinical Evidence
Genetic Epidemiology*
Economic Analysis of Randomized Trials and Observational Studies
Epidemiologic Aspects of Military Post-Deployment Health Conditions, Natural Disasters, and Terrorism*
Practical Aspects of Conducting Clinical Research

*Courses taped for the Distance Learning Program.

Many of these courses were videotaped and can be viewed at UWTV.

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